Canon has realized the depth of the global financial crisis. They will be selling off all of their camera business to buy a movie studio and theater chain.
Good move on Canon's part. It is a financial fact that during recessions and depressions theater attendance rises as the masses need a diversion from the worlds problems.
Full colour
Image stabalised
large format
Photocopier.
Or, a truly historic event, someone has used the direct print button.
No - truly historic and absolutely unexpected would be to replace the print button with a mirror lockup button.
In that case, since last night I've been mulling this over. The "reveal" may be the partnering of Canon optics and imaging dominance with Apple's computing and design excellence, in the field video/3D for television/web/movies.
Canon is undoubtedly feeling the muscle that Sony brings to bear with its consumer & pro video, consumer & pro still cameras, computing, audio, and sensor making. If Canon doesn't start to bring it all together, it may sink to #2 in the near future.
Pity that poor old Nikon is so snobbish and conservative -- it's going to be left in the techological dust of imaging. Nikon still thinks moving pictures is a fad and only for kids.
If Canon isn't partnered with RED, you can be sure RED is in its sights to be blown out of the water in the entertainment industry. I don't think RED can compete technologically if Canon is determined to dominate that field.
Should be fun finding out when the present is unwrapped!
Ben Horne wrote:
It likely won't be a consumer product since a product announced on November 3rd isn't likely to hit the shelves before Christmas.
but do 1 or 5 series really fly off the shelves for Christmas?
honestly, other than maybe P&S my feeling has been that cams would fly off the shelf the best in spring when people are ready to nab a great new cam for their big scenic vacation or kids summer sports or weddings and have it ready for fall sports, foliage, etc. etc.
but who knows, all I know is they used to release the xxD very early sept, then later sept, then oct, and now the xxD/5 are to late nov and missing the entire fall season and just in time for winter heh
faremax wrote:
"The story begins". The DSLR story began long time ago and Hollywood location is another "tell". So very little chance that it will be a new 5D or 1Ds camera. As most likely it will be something video/movies related.
probably that they are not gonna bother with good DSLR video and try to make us get a DSLR and a top end EF mount large sensor camcorder
stanj wrote:
5 series yes, for the obvious reasons.
1 series yes, because many pros are trying to do some spending to get the right tax write-offs.
i suppose the year end write off for some pros
i still can't say that i really recall anyone getting DSLRs much around Christmas, of everyone I've seen get one, only a small percentage got them then
garyvot wrote:
My guess: It's a 4K 24x36 CMOS digital video camera to compete with RED...
Which incidentally could also be the 1Ds Mark IV.
maybe but I bet the 1Ds goes more hyper MP MF like instead of the pro's pro video beast, but who knows it could be some sort of video cam as you say though
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